Dried vegatables and such.

[coloradoclyde]

Thanks, Clyde. I'll have to look into a good dehyrator.


Jeff

I just saw one on sale at the wally mart for $35

I have fruit rollup trays for all my dehydrator trays.....I wouldn't be caught dead without them.
They keep items from falling through the tray or sticking, and make clean up a breeze.

 

[Claude Mathis]

I'll have to look into a good dehyrator.

We have this one. It works well.
https://www.cabelas.com/product/CABELAS-L-COMMERCIAL-FOOD-DEHYDRATOR/2339805.uts

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I don't dry onions since they tend to "keep", but I do dry hot peppers, and string beans, and apples.

LD

 

[coloradoclyde]

If you want something irresistible for snacking stick frozen sweet corn in the dehydrator.....Best parched corn you'll ever have...

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Yeah but it's a hybrid, not a flint or a dent variety, and it doesn't beat Fuji Apples when they are dried, but they aren't correct either.

LD

 

[NeilMacleod]

Apple chips are awesome, I buy a box of organic apple chips by the 25lb bag, its cheaper then buying the apples and dehydrating them, have them in my smoothie and munch on them when watching movie

 

[coloradoclyde]

Every time I make apple chips with the intention of using them later to make apple pie or something similar, they always seem to disappear before that happens.... :haha:

 

[coloradoclyde]

Yeah but it's a hybrid, not a flint or a dent variety, and it doesn't beat Fuji Apples when they are dried, but they aren't correct either.

LD

A specific hybrid might not be historically correct, but hybrids certainly are...There were more apple varieties in the 18th or 19th century than there are today....about 3000 more if my memory is working today...
From the 1600's through to about 1900 was a very prolific time for hybrid development.

 

[tenngun]

I used to carry cast iron to events when my wife and step children came and did a fair amount of baking. Took me a few trueism to get drying apples down right, but I was ready to make dryed Apple pie at an event. It tasted great, it was my wife step son and my self along with another couple and a good friend that had that pie. Then a few hours later we discovered that dried apples was the eighteenth century Milk of Mag.
Something I was teased about through the rest of the event.

 

[coloradoclyde]

I doubt if it was the apples....and if it was, I'm sure it was just your apples.... :haha:

 

[NeilMacleod]

Every time I make apple chips with the intention of using them later to make apple pie or something similar, they always seem to disappear before that happens.... :haha:

That's the problem their very addictive, peaches too.

 

[tenngun]

Well my wife did tell me not to pick them up off the side of the road :haha:

 

[BullRunBear]

First off, happy birthday to Tenngunn.

I'm going to keep an eye open for sales at Cabelas, their store brand dehydrators get great reviews. I wasn't sure my wife would go for another appliance but when I mentioned it she started talking about banana chips and dried tomatoes. (After almost 40 years you would think I could predict matters betters when it comes to her. Nope!)


Now y'all have the nerve to mention dried apples and, even worse, dried peaches. SIGH!


Question: Is it worth getting a good vacuum sealer to store the dehydrated items? Our area is pretty humid and I wouldn't think jars alone would work for long term storage.


Jeff

 

[coloradoclyde]

Question: Is it worth getting a good vacuum sealer to store the dehydrated items? Our area is pretty humid and I wouldn't think jars alone would work for long term storage.

No!.....Plastic bags are costly and will fail.

Mason jars work much better.

Dried goods are still susceptible to light and oxygen degradation...No matter what, dried goods lose flavor over time...They are not really meant for "Long term" storage....A few months at best.

If you want long term storage you need a freeze/vaccum dehydrator.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

A specific hybrid might not be historically correct, but hybrids certainly are...There were more apple varieties in the 18th or 19th century than there are today....about 3000 more if my memory is working today...

Well the individual type of the corn IS important..., otherwise by that logic, they had the materials and technology to make Woks, and technical knowhow to pound out a skillet, and most of the seasonings in Asian cuizine were available in large port cities in Europe if not America so..., lets all have stir-fry made in a WOK in camp at Mt. Vernon at next year's 18th century event! Who's in?
:rotf:

LD

 

[Black Hand]

Another consideration is that even when properly dried, you haven't removed all the moisture from the dried items. Closing them tightly in a jar can cause them to go moldy due to residual moisture. I store my dried items in paper/cloth bags or tins, which still breathe and keep residual moisture from accumulating. However, my jerky gets vacuum-sealed and stored in the freezer - lasts years as opposed to months.

 

[coloradoclyde]

We began trade with China in 1784....

The Empress of China left New York harbor on February 22, 1784.Piloted by John Green Six months later, in August, it arrived at Macao, a Portuguese outpost on the Chinese coast. Here, Captain Green hired Chinese pilots to guide his ship up the Pearl River to Whampoa. Trading ships stayed in Whampoa while their supercargoes worked out deals in Canton, 12 miles upstream.

The Chinese wanted as few foreigners as possible in their country. They believed that China was the center of a square earth. Foreigners, they felt, had nothing but trouble to offer China. The Chinese called the Americans the "New People." But Americans were lumped with all outsiders as "Foreign Devils."

Samuel Shaw spent the next fourth months in Canton. Foreigners there weren't free to roam. The Chinese ordered them to stay in compounds called hongs. Hongs were pleasant places, where Chinese merchants called to trade.

Shaw traded his cargo for tea, nankeen (Chinese cotton), tableware, silk, and spice. The shipment was welcomed in the U.S. when the Empress returned there in May, 1785. The Chinese goods brought Robert Morris and his partners $30,000 ”” an impressive profit.

Tableware

:hmm: ....More plausible than one might think... :haha:

 

[coloradoclyde]

Another consideration is that even when properly dried, you haven't removed all the moisture from the dried items. Closing them tightly in a jar can cause them to go moldy due to residual moisture. I store my dried items in paper/cloth bags or tins, which still breathe and keep residual moisture from accumulating. However, my jerky gets vacuum-sealed and stored in the freezer - lasts years as opposed to months.

I have never experienced mold in a mason jar yet....But, other than that I agree with everything you said.

I will often dry foods in stages...This way areas of higher moisture have time to migrate and level out....
Very often food sits in my dehydrator for several days after the initial drying, and I may run the machine for an hour or so periodically.

 

[Black Hand]

...tableware...

Porcelain/(glazed) pottery would be my assessment. The Chinese obviously had some skill in that department...

 

[coloradoclyde]

It's a categorization....But, early woks were made from clay (and stiil are)...The Chinese have always been exceptional potters. There easily could have been a wok on that ship.